Volatile Constituents of the Fruit and Roots of Cymbopogon olivieri

Abstract

The essential oil contents of the fruit and roots of Cymbopogon olivieri growing wild in south of Iran were found to be 0.7 % and 0.4% (v/w), respectively based on the fresh weight. The oils were analyzed by GC and GC–MS. Forty and twenty six constituents, representing 93.1 % and 93.4% of the oils were identified, respectively. The major components of the C. olivieri fruit oil were identified as piperitone (44.1%), α-terpinene (13.7%), neral (6.3%), elemol (5.6%) and β-eudesmol (5.3%). while the main components of that of roots were characterized as piperitone (20.6%), α-muurolol (9.5%), β-eudesmol (8.5%), selina-6-en-4-ol (7.9%), 5-epi-7-epi-α-eudesmol (6.8%) and elemol (5.8%).